Local authors: T.G. Arsenault of Chili and Michael Joy of Greece

Bleeding the Vein

T.G. Arsenault (Gallows Press, $14.99)

For retired Navy officer Eddie Townsend, falling in love with a stripper on his first tour of duty was a mistake he would always regret. He couldn't resist her, even when she made him do ever-stranger things, and he soon discovered her true identity. Now a struggling alcoholic, Eddie lives a reclusive life in a small Maine fishing community. When a putrid stench fills the air as the fog rolls in, memories of his time in the Philippines surface and threaten his demiseand those around him. Arsenault lives in Chili.

7th Moon

Michael Joy (CreateSpace, $11.99)

For the two decades following WWIII, biotechnology corporation 7th Moon has provided the world with food and medicine. Secretly, it has also been creating an army. When two soldiers, Kichiku and his friend Hidariude, realize the destruction they cause on their first mission, they start to question their purpose. Together with a cat girl named Keisei, an orphan named Douji and a martial artist named Ryu, they combine mystic arts with high technology to transform themselves from 7th Moon's greatest assets to their most dangerous liability. Joy lives in Greece.